Any point in playing a mage to level 60 if I'm not going to raid with it?

[Sabin76]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My experience on live people would flip out if you tried using a pet in raids. They could never give clear explanations why. Maybe I was too dumb to understand.

I imagine it had more to do with pathing than anything else. I didn't raid on live with my mage, but I went into dungeons enough to learn to start casting gate whenever I'd turn around and my pet was missing. The difference between the mediocre mages and the top tier mages are that the top tier ones bother to make a "/pet back" macro in addition to their "/pet attack" macro. :P

I'm a mediocre mage, btw.

[Snaggles]

Yea in general pets on raids is not ideal. Nobody is going to remember the sustained 40 or whatever dps you are adding when that glimmer dispells everyone or it eats a fear and runs into battle.

Frankly so few people make an effort on push as it is, asking them to manage a pet in that way is just not going to happen.